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The current methods used for training in medical procedural (or technical) skills are inefficient and may jeopardise patient safety as medical trainees are required to practice procedures on patients. The resultant worldwide move towards competence-based training programmes has necessitated the search for valid and reliable competence assessment procedures (CAPs). The challenges in developing such CAPs lie in defining each competence and taking account of the many factors which influence learning and performance of medical procedures. Such determinants include cognitive, motor, communication, and human (e.g. fatigue, anxiety, fear) factors. In other domains, competence based knowledge space theory (CbKST) has been successfully applied to enhance learning, assess competence and facilitate personalised learning. The objective of this project is to transfer this innovative approach to the medical domain in order to develop a valid, reliable and practical CAP for one medical procedural skill, spinal anaesthesia. In order to do so, the partnership will comprehensively describe the competence, generate algorithms necessary to assess individual performance, implement the CAP in a user-friendly, web-based format and test it in simulated and real clinical settings for construct validity and reliability.
Duration: 1 November, 2007 -> 1 November, 2009
Webpage: www.medcap.eu
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